Hospitality means "love of the stranger." In all likelihood there are people who show up at your church gathering who feel like strangers because of social, ethnic, or cognitive differences. How can w

Vince Kember joins us again, this time to talk about the practice of showing hospitality. What is hospitality? What does it do, and what does it look like in real life? In a grace-based way, Vince enc

There is no book like the Bible. Yet admittedly, sometimes the wonder of hearing the living Word of God proclaimed... doesn't result in anything too wonderful in our hearts. How can I as a listener he

In this final episode on C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, we tackle the pervasiveness, problem, and cure, of Inner Ring idolatry. Tune in to hear how the pull of the Inner Ring is illustrated in t

One of the great things about the Christian faith is how even simple, physical activities - like eating - have spiritual significance and can be done to the glory of God. But our habits at the table s

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less." C. S. Lewis may not have said those exact words (Mike misattributes the quote to him in this episode), but they certainly

Life is full of ups and downs, and Satan and his emissaries want to seize upon us in our low points to turn us from the pathway of faith. But God is using those same trials to further his good work in

It's hard for us to believe in the supernatural because our modern world casts the spell on us of "nothing-buttery." We're convinced that ordinary and familiar things are nothing but molecules in moti

In this episode we field a question from a child: "What do angels do?" We answer (with a little help from Tim Chester): angels are God's postal service, police force, and praise choir, for the aid of

It's a new year! And it's a good time to get a refreshed perspectve. It is so easy to get bogged down with the responsibilities and pressures of life that we forget the Lord is coming. The Lord is cer